The issue here is that as an individual, you’re not actually going to decide fundamental policy matters. At a certain scale, regardless of what you personally

The issue here is that as an individual, you’re not actually going to decide fundamental policy matters. At a certain scale, regardless of what you personally choose (unless most others in the country do exactly the same thing you do), the country is going to either ‘fall apart’ or not regardless. Think of it from an election perspective - no matter how hard you voted for anyone but Trump last election in the US, Trump still got elected. But, you can choose if you’ll have more money or not at the end, depending on which company you choose to invest in. So for instance, regardless of how you voted, practically, it would have still been a good idea to invest in some of the companies which benefit from Trump being in office, eh? Yes, this does lead to larger scale problems when everyone does the same math. But at the same time, the actual math is the same for everyone, eh? Money may be the root of all evil, but how much you have also decides if you’re going to be eating cat food in retirement, or have gourmet home cooked meals eh? Monks may sleep better at night, but that is a trade off few others are able to make.